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The first name 
Yahir

Yahir is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

Yahir is a common name for boys!

The name Yahir isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Yahir ranks 659. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Yahir. In the entire USA, approximately 10,668 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Yahir. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Yahir

What does the name 
Yahir mean?

The name Yahir is of Arabic origin and has a few possible meanings. One is ‘he who gives light’ or ‘he who illuminates,’ which is derived from the Arabic word ‘nur’ meaning ‘light.’ Another possible meaning is ‘he who remembers’ or ‘he who is remembered,’ which is derived from the Arabic word ‘dhikr’ meaning ‘remembrance’ or ‘memory’.

Yahir is a... name with positive connotations that probably gained popularity in the US because of the singer Yahir Othón Parra.

Yahir has 5 letters 
and begins with a Y

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Y is pretty rare as an initial letter for boys' names: only 1.7% of all common boys' names in the US begin with Y. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.

With five letters, the name Yahir is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Since 1.7% of all boys’ names begin with a Y, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average, but Y is by no means the rarest initial. And of course, there are single names with Y that are very popular, currently the most common boys’ name that starts with Y is Yahir.

Other names with 
Y, a, h, i and r

If you take all the letters in the name Yahir – Y, a, h, i and r – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Ryiah or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Yahir

If your name is Yahir and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Yahir

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Yahir, you can simply say:

Yoyo

Apple

Hat

Igloo

Rocket

This is how the name Yahir is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Yahir in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Yahir

Yahir

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Yahir

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Yahir is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

Y
A
H
I
R

Have you ever waved the name Yahir

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

Y
A
H
I
R

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Yahir sounds like this: